What has (neuro)psychology told us about the mind (so far)?

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What can functional neuroimaging tell the experimental psychologist?

Richard Henson (2005) • Neuroimaging data as another dependent variable.

• Two types of inference from imaging data: -function-to-structure deduction -structure-to-function induction 2

What has functional neuroimaging told us about the mind (so far)?

Coltheart (2006) • “No functional neuroimaging research to date has yielded data that can be used to distinguish between competing psychological theories”.

• Behavioral data have been successfully used to distinguish between psychological theories: -Serial versus Parallel Processing in Reading -Semantic Contributions to Reading Aloud 3

WHAT HAS (NEURO)PSYCHOLOGY TOLD US ABOUT THE MIND (SO FAR)? A REPLY TO COLTHEART (2006)

Richard Henson (2006) • The natural selection of theories.

• Imaging data can be used to test competing theories.

• Researches using Behavioral data : -Serial versus Parallel Processing in Reading -Semantic Contributions to Reading Aloud 4

WHAT HAS (NEURO)PSYCHOLOGY TOLD US ABOUT THE MIND (SO FAR)? A REPLY TO COLTHEART (2006)

Richard Henson (2006) • Recognition memory- The Remember/Know paradigm: Dual-process theory vs Single-process model 5

WHAT HAS (NEURO)PSYCHOLOGY TOLD US ABOUT THE MIND (SO FAR)? A REPLY TO COLTHEART (2006)

Richard Henson (2006) • The systematic function–structure mapping assumption 6